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Originally from LaSalle, Illinois I have been living and working in Asia since 1989. I teach English at Woosong University in Daejeon, South Korea and have also been a feature writer for the Korea Times. Currently, I am writing a novel about Korea.

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Halloween: 1 of 54
Tipping Outhouses If you asked Eddie Parker what happened on Halloween 50 years ago, he would swear on his father's grave that he wasn't afraid that Old Man Brown was waiting for them with a rock salt loaded shotgun on that fateful night. "I swear he knew we was coming and was loaded for bear," said Eddie taking a sip... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Remembering my grandpa: 2 of 43
The last time I saw my grandfather was in 1996 when he was a resident of the Colonial Nursing home. I had flown up from Texas (where my mother lived at time) to Illinois to visit my father and one, sunny, cool autumn afternoon I spent a few hours with my grandfather. He had been a resident of the nursing home since my grandmo... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Family memories: 5 of 85
The Pig with False Teeth My paternal grandfather loved to tell a good story. Although he was by no means a skilled raconteur, he just loved to amuse relatives when they got together for the holidays or some of the regulars at the bars he frequented in LaSalle, Illinois ( a small town approximately 90 miles southwest of... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: True karaoke stories: 9 of 101
"I'm Henry the Eighth, I am"Okay, for the record I want to emphasize that I have never, I repeat never fancied myself or considered myself to be much of a singer. I'm the kind of person that can carry pretty much anything but not carry a tune. Heck, I'm not even a good singer in the shower.In elementary school we were forced ... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Monsters: 1 of 11
Monster Games Louis Balzarini was lost. For nearly two hours he had been trying to find his way back to his Honda SUV after he had finished mushroom hunting. It was his first time in these woods that bordered Hogsback Ridge-an area famous for the best morels in the county. At least that's what the folks at Skip's Diner in ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Awards & Nominations Should the Oscars allow winners to have longer speeches?: 1 of 10
"I'd like to thank all the people who made this "Oscar" possible." You know the drill. If it's not thanking all the "little people" who helped them along the way, it's thanking their agent, their hairdresser, their make up artist, the director, the cast, the producer and before the music begins to swell in the orchestra pit b... More..
Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Weird travel stories: 8 of 69
The Day I was Asked to Hold some Marijuana at LAXIn what has to be one of my more bizarre travel experiences, one time I was asked to hold some marijuana at LAX so a drug-sniffing dog could be tested.In the summer of 1994, I decided to go back to the States for a week to visit my mom who lived in Dallas at the time. It had be... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) Remembering dead rock stars: The day the music died: 3 of 25
Where were you when John Lennon was shot?On December 8, people around the world will take time out again to remember the anniversary of the death of John Lennon."Where were you when John Lennon was shot" became just as poignant a question as the one posed by another generation when people asked, "Where were you when JFK was a... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Remembering television in the 1970's: 2 of 14
For the past couple of weeks my days in Korea have ended with me watching an episode of M*A*S*H. Kind of reminds me when I was back home and I also would watch a syndicated episode of the series in the evening long before shows like Friends and Seinfeldtook over the syndication block in the evening from 10:00-11:00pm.Without ... More..
Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History Biography: Wild Bill Hickok: 1 of 7
The history of the American West is filled with a treasure trove of colorful and interesting personalities from Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill Cody. Many would become bigger than life as legends grew around them and their exploits as in the case of one colorful legend, Wild Bill Hickok.James But... More..